Bulfinch’s Mythology, Thomas Bulfinch [love story books to read txt] 📗

Cilix, and Phoenix. Aglaia

(Ag-laˈi-a), one of the Graces.

Agni

(Agˈni), Hindu god of fire.

Agramant

(Agˈra-mant), a king in Africa.

Agrican

(Agˈri-can), fabled king of Tartary, pursuing Angelica, finally killed by Orlando.

Agrivain

(Agˈri-vain), one of Arthur’s knights.

Ahriman

(Ahˈri-man), the Evil Spirit in the dual system of Zoroaster. See Ormuzd.

Ajax

(Aˈjax), son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and grandson of Aeacus; represented in the Iliad as second only to Achilles in bravery.

Alba

(Alˈba), the river where King Arthur fought the Romans.

Alba Longa

(Alˈba Lonˈga), city in Italy founded by son of Aeneas.

Alberich

(Alˈber-ich), dwarf guardian of Rhinegold treasure of the Nibelungs.

Alcestis

(Al-cesˈtis), wife of Admetus, offered herself as sacrifice to spare her husband, but rescued by Hercules.

Alcina

(Al-ciˈna), enchantress.

Alcinoüs

(Al-cinˈo-us), Phaeacian king.

Alcippe

(Al-cipˈpe), daughter of Mars; carried off by Halirrhothius.

Alcmena

(Alc-meˈna), wife of Jupiter, and mother of Hercules.

Alcuin

(Alˈcu-in), English prelate and scholar.

Aldrovandus

(Al-dro-vanˈdus), dwarf guardian of treasure.

Alecto

(A-lecˈto), one of the Furies.

Alexander the Great

(Al-ex-anˈder the Great), king of Macedonia, conqueror of Greece, Egypt, Persia, Babylonia, and India.

Alfadur

(Al-faˈdur), a name for Odin.

Alfheim

(Alfˈheim), abode of the elves of light.

Alice

(Alˈice), mother of Huon and Girard, sons of Duke Sevinus.

Alphenor

(Al-pheˈnor), son of Niobe.

Alpheus

(Al-pheˈus), river-god pursuing Arethusa, who escaped by being changed to a fountain.

Althaea

(Al-thaeˈa), mother of Meleager, whom she slew because he had in a quarrel killed her brothers, thus disgracing “the house of Thestius,” her father.

Amalthea

(Am-al-theˈa), nurse of the infant Jupiter in Crete.

Amata

(A-maˈta), wife of Latinus, driven mad by Alecto.

Amaury of Hauteville

(Amˈau-ry of Hauteville), false-hearted Knight of Charlemagne.

Amazons

(Amˈa-zons), mythical race of warlike women.

Ambrosia

(Am-broˈsi-a), celestial food used by the gods.

Ammon

(Amˈmon), Egyptian god of life, identified by Romans with phases of Jupiter, the father of gods.

Amphiaraus

(Am-phi-a-raˈus), a great prophet and hero at Argos.

Amphion

(Am-phiˈon), a musician, son of Jupiter and Antiope. See Dirce.

Amphitrite

(Am-phi-triˈte), wife of Neptune.

Amphrysos

(Am-phyrˈsos), a small river in Thessaly.

Ampyx

(Amˈpyx), assailant of Perseus, turned to stone by seeing Gorgon’s head.

Amrita

(Am-riˈta), nectar giving immortality.

Amun

(Aˈmun), see Ammon.

Amymone

(Amˈy-moˈne), one of the fifty daughters of Danaüs, and mother by Poseidon (Neptune) of Nauplius, the father of Palamedes.

Anaxarete

(Anˈax-arˈe-te), a maiden of Cyprus, who treated her lover Iphis with such haughtiness that he hanged himself at her door.

Anbessa

(An-bessˈa), Saracenic governor of Spain (725 AD).

Anceus

(An-ceˈus), one of the Argonauts.

Anchises

(An-chiˈses), beloved by Aphrodite (Venus), by whom he became the father of Aeneas.

Andraemon

(An-draeˈmon), husband of Dryope; saw her changed into a tree.

Andret

(Anˈdret), a cowardly knight, spy upon Tristram.

Andromache

(An-dromˈa-che), wife of Hector.

Andromeda

(An-dromˈe-da), daughter of King Cephas, delivered from monster by Perseus.

Aneurin

(Anˈeur-in), Welsh bard.

Angelica

(An-gelˈi-ca), Princess of Cathay.

Anemone

(A-nemˈo-ne), short-lived windflower, created by Venus from the blood of the slain Adonis.

Angerbode

(An-gerˈbo-de), giant prophetess, mother of Fenris, Hela, and the Midgard Serpent.

Anglesey

(Anˈgle-sey), a Northern British island, refuge of Druids fleeing from Romans.

Antaeus

(An-taeˈus), giant wrestler of Libya, killed by Hercules, who, finding him stronger when thrown to the earth, lifted him into the air and strangled him.

Antea

(An-teˈa), wife of jealous Proetus.

Antenor

(An-teˈnor), descendants of, in Italy.

Anteros

(Anˈte-ros), deity avenging unrequited love, brother of Eros (Cupid).

Anthor

(Anˈthor), a Greek.

Antigone

(An-tigˈo-ne), daughter of Aedipus, Greek ideal of filial and sisterly fidelity.

Antilochus

(An-tilˈo-chus), son of Nestor.

Antiope

(An-tiˈo-pe), Amazonian queen. See Dirce.

Anubis

(A-nuˈbis), Egyptian god, conductor of the dead to judgment.

Apennines

(Apˈen-nines).

Aphrodite

(Aph-ro-diˈte), see Venus, Dione, etc.

Apis

(Aˈpis), Egyptian bull-god of Memphis.

Apollo

(A-polˈlo), god of music and song.

Apollo Belvedere

(A-polˈlo Bel-ve-dereˈ), famous antique statue in Vatican at Rome.

Apples of the Hesperides

(Apples of the Hesperides), wedding gifts to Juno, guarded by daughters of Atlas and Hesperis, stolen by Atlas for Hercules.

Aquilo

(Aqˈui-lo), or Boreas, the North Wind.

Aquitaine

(Aqˈui-taine), ancient province of Southwestern France.

Arachne

(A-rachˈne), a maiden skilled in weaving, changed to a spider by Minerva for daring to compete with her.

Arcadia

(Ar-caˈdi-a), a country in the middle of Peloponnesus, surrounded on all sides by mountains.

Arcady

(Arˈca-dy), star of, the Polestar.

Arcas

(Arˈcas), son of Jupiter and Callisto.

Archer

(Archer), constellation of the.

Arden

(Arˈden), forest of.

Areopagus

(A-re-opˈa-gus), court of the, at Athens.

Ares

(Aˈres), called Mars by the Romans, the Greek god of war, and one of the great Olympian gods.

Arethusa

(Ar-e-thuˈsa), nymph of Diana, changed to a fountain.

Argius

(Arˈgius), king of Ireland, father of Isoude the Fair.

Argo

(Arˈgo), builder of the vessel of Jason for the Argonautic expedition.

Argolis

(Arˈgo-lis), city of the Nemean games.

Argonauts

(Arˈgo-nauts), Jason’s crew seeking the Golden Fleece.

Argos

(Arˈgos), a kingdom in Greece.

Argus

(Arˈgus), of the hundred eyes, guardian of Io.

Ariadne

(A-ri-adˈne), daughter of King Minos, who helped Theseus slay the Minotaur.

Arimanes

(A-rimˈa-nes), see Ahriman.

Arimaspians

(Arˈi-masˈpi-ans), one-eyed people of Syria.

Arion

(A-riˈon), famous musician, whom sailors cast into the sea to rob him, but whose lyric song charmed the dolphins, one of which bore him safely to land.

Aristaeus

(Ar-is-taeˈus), the beekeeper, in love with Eurydice.

Armorica

(Ar-morˈi-ca), another name for Britain.

Arridano

(Ar-ri-daˈno), a magical ruffian, slain by Orlando.

Artemis

(Arˈte-mis), see Diana.

Arthgallo

(Arth-galˈlo), brother of Elidure, British king.

Arthur